LIII. Hard
"It must have been hard for you."
Theodore knew what was coming next. "Thank you for your concern, but I don't want to hear it."
All he had heard since arriving back at Hogwarts was 'Oh, look at poor Nott, daddy's in Azkaban now, isn't he?' Said with varying degrees of sarcasm depending on the person, of course.
"I wasn't going to say anything about your dad," Blaise muttered. "Well, that's a bit of a lie. I was. I was just going to say that it must have been hard for you, having to live with your father all these years. I mean it's hard enough putting up with my mother – and she's not even a Death Eater!" He went silent for a moment then he spoke again. "I wonder how long it'll be before they take her away to Azkaban as well."
Theodore didn't answer. He didn't want to think about it.
